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Ten Tips for Telehealth and MND

Published: April 2020

Did you know that you can talk with your doctor using text, voice or video online from the comfort of home?

Or that affordable online consultations with an MND specialist are available through the NDIS or Medicare?

Telehealth is a way of accessing medical care through phones, the internet and other sorts of information technology.

In recent years, telehealth has become an important option for when a face-to-face consultation with a doctor is difficult, and especially now with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Staying home is important to help reduce the spread of the pandemic, and the risk of much more serious problems for people with underlying health issues like MND. But staying home can also make getting routine medical care much harder, particularly for people living with MND.

To help make accessing medical care easier during the pandemic, we came up with 10 tips for managing telehealth and MND.